Tag: liberalism

Filipino liberals presume to know better than people who choose NOT to be “victims”

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Filipino liberals presume to know better than people who choose NOT to be “victims”

He is not the president of Europeans or Americans. He is the president of the Filipino people. As such, Filipinos get to decide what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour in their leader, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The trouble with the Philippine Opposition is that they have become comfy in their habit of preaching morality from…

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Politics, Religion

The intellectual bankruptcy of a Philippine Opposition under Yellowtard leadership

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The intellectual bankruptcy of a Philippine Opposition under Yellowtard leadership

Another “hero” of the Philippine Opposition in the guise of never-had-been-chief-justice Lourdes Sereno has fallen. She follows others who waged hollow-headed and intellectually-insulting personal “wars” against the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Like those who had fallen before her, Sereno’s biggest mistake was to presume to think that God was on her side. Indeed,…

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Politics, Religion

Mahathir Mohamad set to turn Malaysia back into a REAL southeast Asian nation!

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Mahathir Mohamad set to turn Malaysia back into a REAL southeast Asian nation!

The trend is becoming clear. With the victory of Malaysian opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan led by former revered strongman Mahathir Mohamad in the recently-concluded Malaysian elections, a region revisits its roots as rapidly-industrialising economies back in the mid- to latter-half of the 20th Century. The return of Mahathir follows a similar ascent to power of…

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Government, Politics

Filipinos are happy for a “strongman” to lead them and have redefined the term to mean a GOOD thing

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Filipinos are happy for a “strongman” to lead them and have redefined the term to mean a GOOD thing

It still remains no mystery why current Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte enjoys the full support of a majority of Filipino voters. Duterte comes across as strong. He acts and decides and does not dither in his messaging. He has exhibited this character from Day One of his campaign in the lead up to the 2016…

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Government, Politics, Society

Duterte featured in @IanBremmer’s TIME Magazine article on the world’s top “strongmen”

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Duterte featured in @IanBremmer’s TIME Magazine article on the world’s top “strongmen”

Heads up! A piece published today by TIME Magazine put Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin amongst others. In “What the ‘Tough Guy’ Era Means for Global Politics“, Ian Bremmer writes what comes across as a lament over what could be the end of the moral ascendancy Western liberal democracy had enjoyed…

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Media, Politics, Society

Filipinos continue to prefer mestizas over ‘kayumanggis’ because they are lazy thinkers

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Filipinos continue to prefer mestizas over ‘kayumanggis’ because they are lazy thinkers

It’s no secret that having fair skin in the Philippines translates to upward social mobility. If we consider for a moment that the skin colours that dominate Philippine entertainment may be good indicators of the sorts of folks Filipinos look up to and even worship, it is fair to conclude that this remains true today….

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Culture, Society

Facebook hears the secrets that you keep when you’re talking in your sleep

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Facebook hears the secrets that you keep when you’re talking in your sleep

Facebook is currently in a world of trouble after news about how a chunk of data harvested off it was used by an analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica, to generate insights allegedly used to help current United States President Donald Trump win the elections in 2016. While many observers wonder whether this attention is due to…

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Politics, Society, Tech Talk

How Filipino liberal women have WEAPONISED the Feminist Movement against Duterte

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How Filipino liberal women have WEAPONISED the Feminist Movement against Duterte

Step back from the political chatter of social media for a moment and ask yourself: Are the “issues” being backed by the loudest, shrillest voices at the moment the most important ones? To answer that question we need first to define the term “important” in this context. What is important to the average Filipino? The…

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Politics, Society